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公开(公告)号:US11789629B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-17
申请号:US17846462
申请日:2022-06-22
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kishore K. Muchherla , Niccolo' Righetti , Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr. , Akira Goda , Todd A. Marquart , Mark A. Helm , Gil Golov , Jeremy Binfet , Carmine Miccoli , Giuseppina Puzzilli
IPC: G06F3/06
CPC classification number: G06F3/0644 , G06F3/0616 , G06F3/0619 , G06F3/0653 , G06F3/0656 , G06F3/0673
Abstract: A system includes a processing device and trigger circuitry to signal the processing device responsive, at least in part, based on a determination that a trigger event has occurred. The system can further include a memory device communicatively coupled to the processing device. The memory device can include a cyclic buffer partition portion having a first endurance characteristic and a first reliability characteristic associated therewith. The memory device can further include a snapshot partition portion coupled to the cyclic buffer partition portion via hold-up capacitors. The snapshot partition portion can have a second endurance characteristic and a second reliability characteristic associated therewith. The processing device can perform operations including writing received data sequentially to the cyclic buffer partition portion and writing, based at least in part on the determination that the trigger event has occurred, data from the cyclic buffer partition portion to the snapshot partition portion.
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公开(公告)号:US11775208B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US17829861
申请日:2022-06-01
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kishore K. Muchherla , Niccolo′ Righetti , Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr. , Akira Goda , Todd A. Marquart , Mark A. Helm , Gil Golov , Jeremy Binfet , Carmine Miccoli , Giuseppina Puzzilli
CPC classification number: G06F3/0656 , G06F1/263 , G06F3/0613 , G06F3/0619 , G06F3/0644 , G06F3/0653 , G06F3/0673
Abstract: A system includes a processing device and a memory device communicatively coupled to the processing device. The memory device can include a cyclic buffer partition portion and a snapshot partition portion coupled to the cyclic buffer partition portion via hold-up capacitors. The snapshot partition portion can further include a first sub-partition portion having a first programming characteristic and a second sub-partition portion having a second programming characteristic. The processing device can write received data sequentially to the cycle buffer partition portion and write, based at least in part on a determination that a trigger event has occurred, data from the cyclic buffer partition portion to the first sub-partition portion or the second sub-partition portion, or both.
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公开(公告)号:US11663104B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-30
申请号:US17691957
申请日:2022-03-10
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr. , Niccolo′ Righetti , Kishore K. Muchherla , Akira Goda , Todd A. Marquart , Mark A. Helm , Gil Golov , Jeremy Binfet , Carmine Miccoli , Giuseppina Puzzilli
CPC classification number: G06F11/3058 , G06F1/30 , G06F11/076 , G06F11/0772 , G06F11/0787 , G06F11/3037 , G11C5/141 , G11C16/3404 , G11C16/3418 , G06F2201/84
Abstract: A method includes writing received data sequentially to a particular location of a cyclic buffer of a memory device according to a first set of threshold voltage distributions. The method further includes performing a touch up operation on the particular location by adjusting the first set of threshold voltage distributions of the data to a second set of threshold voltage distributions in response to a determination that a trigger event has occurred. The second set of threshold voltage distributions can have a larger read window between adjacent threshold voltage distributions of the second set than that of the first set of threshold voltage distributions.
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公开(公告)号:US20230043140A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-09
申请号:US17963773
申请日:2022-10-11
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Chulbum Kim , Mark A. Helm , Yoav Weinberg
Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for status check using chip enable pin are described. An apparatus may include a memory device, a pin coupled with the memory device, and a driver coupled with the pin and configured to bias the pin to a first a voltage or a second voltage based on a status of the memory device. The status may indicate, for example, whether the memory device is available to receive a command. The driver may bias the pin to a first voltage based on a first status of the memory device indicating that the memory device is busy. Additionally, or alternatively, the driver may bias the pin to a second voltage based on a second status of the memory device indicating that the memory device is available to receive the command. In some cases, the pin may be an example of a chip enable pin.
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公开(公告)号:US11556267B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-17
申请号:US17006978
申请日:2020-08-31
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kishore K. Muchherla , Niccolo′ Righetti , Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr. , Akira Goda , Todd A. Marquart , Mark A. Helm , Gil Golov , Jeremy Binfet , Carmine Miccoli , Giuseppina Puzzilli
IPC: G06F3/06
Abstract: A method includes performing a copyback operation comprising transferring, using an internal processing device, user data and header data corresponding to the user data from a first block of memory in a memory device to a register in the memory device, decoupling the user data from the header data, performing an error correction code (ECC) operation on updated header data using an external processing device, transferring, via the external processing device, the updated header data to the register, and transferring the user data and the updated header data from the register to a second block of memory in the memory device.
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公开(公告)号:US11487436B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-01
申请号:US16995083
申请日:2020-08-17
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr. , Niccolo' Righetti , Kishore K. Muchherla , Akira Goda , Todd A. Marquart , Mark A. Helm , Gil Golov , Jeremy Binfet , Carmine Miccoli , Giuseppina Puzzilli
Abstract: Instructions can be executed to determine a quantity of logical units that are part of a memory device. The instructions can be executed to operate the logical units with a programming time sufficient to provide a required throughput for storage of time based telemetric sensor data received from a host. The instructions can be executed to operate the logical units with a trim that correspond to the programming time.
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公开(公告)号:US11309052B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-19
申请号:US17001723
申请日:2020-08-25
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kishore K. Muchherla , Niccolo' Righetti , Jeffrey S. McNeil, Jr. , Akira Goda , Todd A. Marquart , Mark A. Helm , Gil Golov , Jeremy Binfet , Carmine Miccoli , Giuseppina Puzzilli
Abstract: A system includes a memory device having a plurality of groups of memory cells and a processing device communicatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is be configured to read a first group of memory cells of the plurality to determine a calibrated read voltage associated with the group of memory cells. The processing device is further configured to determine, using the calibrated read voltage associated with the first group of memory cells, a bit error rate (BER) of a second group of memory cells of the plurality. Prior to causing the memory device to perform a copyback operation on the plurality of groups of memory cells, the processing device is further configured to determine whether to perform a subsequent read voltage calibration on at least the second group of the plurality based, at least partially, on a comparison between the determined BER and a threshold BER.
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公开(公告)号:US20220068426A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17001723
申请日:2020-08-25
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kishore K. Muchherla , Niccolo' Righetti , Jeffrey S. McNeil, JR. , Akira Goda , Todd A. Marquart , Mark A. Helm , Gil Golov , Jeremy Binfet , Carmine Miccoli , Giuseppina Puzzilli
Abstract: A system includes a memory device having a plurality of groups of memory cells and a processing device communicatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device is be configured to read a first group of memory cells of the plurality to determine a calibrated read voltage associated with the group of memory cells. The processing device is further configured to determine, using the calibrated read voltage associated with the first group of memory cells, a bit error rate (BER) of a second group of memory cells of the plurality. Prior to causing the memory device to perform a copyback operation on the plurality of groups of memory cells, the processing device is further configured to determine whether to perform a subsequent read voltage calibration on at least the second group of the plurality based, at least partially, on a comparison between the determined BER and a threshold BER.
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公开(公告)号:US20220066642A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17006978
申请日:2020-08-31
Applicant: Micron Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Kishore K. Muchherla , Niccolo' Righetti , Jeffrey S. McNeil Jr. , Akira Goda , Todd A. Marquart , Mark A. Helm , Gil Golov , Jeremy Binfet , Carmine Miccoli , Giuseppina Puzzilli
IPC: G06F3/06
Abstract: A method includes performing a copyback operation comprising transferring, using an internal processing device, user data and header data corresponding to the user data from a first block of memory in a memory device to a register in the memory device, decoupling the user data from the header data, performing an error correction code (ECC) operation on updated header data using an external processing device, transferring, via the external processing device, the updated header data to the register, and transferring the user data and the updated header data from the register to a second block of memory in the memory device.
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公开(公告)号:US11029861B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-08
申请号:US16543743
申请日:2019-08-19
Applicant: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Shafqat Ahmed , Khaled Hasnat , Pranav Kalavade , Krishna Parat , Aaron Yip , Mark A. Helm , Andrew Bicksler
IPC: G06F3/06 , G11C16/24 , G11C16/26 , G11C16/04 , G06F12/0804 , G06F13/28 , G06F12/0846
Abstract: Memory devices might be configured to perform methods including reading a first page of memory cells and flag data wherein the flag data indicates whether a second page of memory cells adjacent to the first page is programmed, and determining from the flag data whether to re-read the first page of memory cells with an adjusted read voltage; performing a sense operation on memory cells coupled to first data lines of a first array of memory cells and memory cells coupled to data lines of a second array of memory cells, and determining a program indication of memory cells coupled to second data lines from the sense operation performed on the memory cells coupled to the data lines of the second array of memory cells; and/or programming memory cells coupled to first data lines in a first array of memory cells, and programming memory cells coupled to second data lines in the first array of memory cells while programming memory cells coupled to data lines in a second array of memory cells with flag data indicative of the memory cells coupled to the second data lines in the first array of memory cells being programmed.
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